Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-27

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been more old horses end mules sold in
this market In the last week than he has
ever seen before.
Messrs. Dulaney, Wilson & Maupin
haYe got in twenty five head OF horses,
one and Two year-olds, Of good o.oOd,
which they have already disposed OF
They GO noe seem 20 find muddy weather
any detriment 10 their business.
Mr.. j. G. Riley, who has been in the
city for the last few days, left yesterday
with bunch Of feeding cattle, which &c
viii keep III Ellis county. He says feed
is rather scarce in that section, 81 there
will not be SO many catEle kept there this
year.
Let's see; we don't hear anything about
the great north and south trail of late, do
we? Times change; two years ago the
one thing that range men thought they
were suffering for above all others was q
great big, wide COW path from Texas TO
M0ni:ns and beyond. No one seems
worrying about the trail nowadays.
Mr.. W. G. Talbot, of the Rainer Cattle
Company, was seen in the city last night
He says the. rains that have prevailed
lately will be Of immense benefit to the
western stockmsn; for, while the ranges
directly west of Fort Worth, and south Of
that, have been fairly well supplied
with grass producing moisture, the
country north OF that has been
very dry sud the rain coming at this time
will be gratefully received. Mr.. Talbot
says the stockmen around Abilene have
been shipping their stock as rapidly as
facility therefor has been provided by
the railroad. The season for shipping is
spout over and stockmen
are preparing for winter. This
gentleman is of the same opinion as to
the National Trust, as ali other western
ers Intercepted. He says, though, that
some Panhandle cattle have been put into
its hands for disposal.
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The various range associations Of Mon
t4na have recently imported lot of stag
hounds from Colorado to use as wolf
exterminators, and they are more than
pleased with the investment. The Nor
tans Live Stock Journal says the dogs
get away with more wolves than the same
number OF men armed with Witches
tiers could. Wolves have been very nu-
merous. in. all this section for some
lime; &7fd have Iessened the profits
stockmen materially by killing sheep and
calves. When the hounds arrived they
were kept 10 confinement for while snd
then turned loose. Six of them went With
one party OF men out on the range, and
in less than two hours they had twelve
wolves at bay. The fight that eventually
occurred is described by eye-wit-
nesses as most interesting The doge
appear to work on an understand
ing, and their movements indicate
as much intelligence IS human beings
would exhibit. Hunting in couples, they
invariably bring down their game. One
of them will seize wolf by the
neck and throw him twenty feet
in the air before he knows what
ais him, and within he comes down the
other grabs him and pulls him limb
from limp. Ia the big fight spoken of
this plan WIGS foiled by the dogs, who
went st it like veterans, and they mad flo
ished nine of the wolves when the others
turned tail and got away. Every day now
when the ranChers want 5 little fun they
take the dogs out, and 1t is not long be-
fore wolf is scared up. The HOUNDS
are fed on corn bread and bUttermiik, and
the only taste of flesh they get is when
thew nip wolf,